June 28 – Charlottesville, Va. SoHG member and former treasurer for the Society, Jim Clawson is familiar to many on the hickory tour. Often seen on course in his kilt and white, broad brimmed hat, Mr. Clawson is enthusiastic about his golf, and that includes moderns, too. Recently, his club, the Birdwood Golf Course in Charlottesville, Va., opened to members […]
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Inaugural Kansas Sunflower Hickory Open
April 17, 2021 Falcon Lakes Golf Course Basehor, Kansas This marks the first event for the KC Area Hickory Golfers, one they intend to become an annual fixture on the calendar. Intended as a FUN early season outing, the format is a two-person match play team event. The Falcon Lakes course is a 2002 design by architect Jay Morrish and […]
2021 Spring Gathering for Illinois Honorable Company
April 23-24 Hillcrest Golf Center and Metamora Fields Washington and Metamora, both in Illinois Illinois’ Honorable Company prepares to launch its season with the annual Spring Gathering, a two-day event with featheries and good fun. Friday – Hillcrest Golf Center, Washington, Ill. 1 p.m. – Be ready to step back in time to the early 1800s with a 12-hole feathery […]
2021 Columbus Golf Show
April 29-May 1 2021 Columbus Golf Collectibles Show Embassy Suites Hotel Columbus, Ohio This annual show, hosted by Gary and Susan Wyckoff, is scheduled […]
Florida conducts first state-sanctioned hickory golf tournament
Sept. 22, 2020 BRADENTON, Fla. – In conjunction with Florida Hickory Golfers, the Florida State Golf Association conducted its first dedicated hickory golf competition at the historic Bradenton Country Club. The almost 100-year old Donald Ross design was the perfect host club allowing players to capture the feeling of how golf was played in its earliest days. The golf course was in […]
Meeting in the middle for hickory golf
Hickory golfers will find a way. From Kansas, Mike Needleman writes that three hickory men just had to get out for round of golf. It was nothing for the gents to pack up the clubs and drive two hours each way for a good day out at Spring Creek in Seneca, Kan. From left are Larry Kresbach, Lincoln, Neb.; Mike Needleman, […]
2021 Arizona Desert Hickory Classic
Feb. 27-28 Pebblebrook and Grandview Golf Courses Sun City West, Ariz. This is the ninth year for this great western hickory golf outing. It’s a popular event that annually attracts upwards of 70-90 players from around the country, many looking to Arizona for a winter retreat. The SoHG’s original desert commander, Gen. Ken Holtz-kopf is not thinking of retreat, however, […]
2021 German Hickory Open Championship
Aug. 13-14 Golfclub Vechta-Welpe e.V. Vechta, Germany The German Open Hickory Championship is planned for mid-August, at the Golfclub Vechta-Welpe e.V., hosted by the German Hickory Golf Society. The club is near Bremen, between Dusxseldorf in the south and the Hamburg in the north. A brochure of information is presented below. For additional information, email gohc2021@t-online.deoder, or info@olaf-dudzus.de Click here […]
2021 Vermont Hickory Open
Aug. 14-15 The Golf Club at Equinox Manchester Village, VT The Vermont Hickory Golf Association is pleased to announce that this year’s Vermont Hickory Open will be a two-day medal (stroke) play event featuring four divisions: the Open division (any age or gender); the Senior division (60 years of age or older); the Statesman division (70 years of age or […]
Wawashkamo National Hickory Stick Classic
Aug. 13 Wawashkamo National Hickory Stick Classic Wawashkamo Golf Club, Mackinac Island, Mich. The National Hickory Stick Classic is a 4-person scramble with a USGA recommended handicap adjustment based on your USGA INDEX. Competitors must use authentic antique hickory shafted clubs. The heads of the iron clubs must have been produced prior to 1935, however reproduction wood heads are allowed. Solid hickory […]